List of Women's Prize For Fiction Winners - Winners and Shortlisted Writers

Winners and Shortlisted Writers

Year		Work	Shortlisted nominees	Notes
1996	Dunmore, HelenHelen Dunmore	A Spell of Winter	Julia Blackburn, The Book of Colour Pagan Kennedy, Spinsters Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years Marianne Wiggins, Eveless Eden	Inaugural award
1997	Michaels, AnneAnne Michaels	Fugitive Pieces	Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace Deirdre Madden, One by One in the Darkness Jane Mendelsohn, I Was Amelia Earhart Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes Manda Scott, Hen's Teeth	First non-British winner
1998	Shields, CarolCarol Shields	Larry's Party	Kirsten Bakis, Lives of the Monster Dogs Pauline Melville, The Ventriloquist's Tale Ann Patchett, The Magician's Assistant Deirdre Purcell, Love Like Hate Adore Anita Shreve, The Weight of Water	Second Canadian winner
1999	Berne, SuzanneSuzanne Berne	A Crime in the Neighborhood	Julia Blackburn, The Leper's Companions Marilyn Bowering, Visible Worlds Jane Hamilton, The Short History of a Prince Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible Toni Morrison, Paradise	Blackburn's second shortlisted nomination
2000	Grant, LindaLinda Grant	When I Lived in Modern Times	Judy Budnitz, If I Told You Once Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, The Dancers Dancing Zadie Smith, White Teeth Elizabeth Strout, Amy and Isabelle Rebecca Wells, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Second British winner in five years
2001	Grenville, KateKate Grenville	The Idea of Perfection	Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin Jill Dawson, Fred & Edie Rosina Lippi, Homestead Jane Smiley, Horse Heaven Ali Smith, Hotel World	Atwood's second shortlisted nomination
2002	Patchett, AnnAnn Patchett	Bel Canto	Anna Burns, No Bones Helen Dunmore, The Siege Maggie Gee, The White Family Chloe Hooper, A Child's Book of True Crime Sarah Waters, Fingersmith	Dunmore's first nomination since winning in 1996
2003	Martin, ValerieValerie Martin	Property	Anne Donovan, Buddha Da Shena Mackay, Heligoland Carol Shields, Unless Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man Donna Tartt, The Little Friend	Shields' first nomination since winning in 1998, Smith's second shortlisted nomination
2004	Levy, AndreaAndrea Levy	Small Island	Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake Shirley Hazzard, The Great Fire Gillian Slovo, Ice Road Rose Tremain, The Colour	First British winner since 2000, Atwood's third shortlisted nomination. Small Island was also the Whitbread Book of the Year.
2005	Shriver, LionelLionel Shriver	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Joolz Denby, Billy Morgan Jane Gardam, Old Filth Sheri Holman, The Mammoth Cheese Marina Lewycka, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Maile Meloy, Liars and Saints	The "Orange of Oranges" was awarded to Andrea Levy for Small Island.
2006	Smith, ZadieZadie Smith	On Beauty	Nicole Krauss, The History of Love Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black Ali Smith, The Accidental Carrie Tiffany, Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Sarah Waters, The Night Watch	Zadie Smith's first win after two nominations, Ali Smith and Sarah Waters' second nomination
2007	Ngozi Adichie, ChimamandaChimamanda Ngozi Adichie	Half of a Yellow Sun	Rachel Cusk, Arlington Park Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss Xiaolu Guo, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers Jane Harris, The Observations Anne Tyler, Digging to America	Adichie's first win after being nominated in 2004, Tyler's second shortlisted nomination. Prize renamed "Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction".
2008	Tremain, RoseRose Tremain	The Road Home	Nancy Huston, Fault Lines Sadie Jones, The Outcast Charlotte Mendelson, When We Were Bad Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals Patricia Wood, Lottery	This was Tremain's 14th novel.
2009	Robinson, MarilynneMarilynne Robinson	Home	Ellen Feldman, Scottsboro Samantha Harvey, The Wilderness Samantha Hunt, The Invention of Everything Else Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday Kamila Shamsie, Burnt Shadows	Robinson's third novel in 28 years, Madden's second shortlisted nomination. Prize renamed "Orange Prize for Fiction"
2010	Kingsolver, BarbaraBarbara Kingsolver	The Lacuna	Rosie Alison, The Very Thought of You Attica Locke, Black Water Rising Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs Monique Roffey, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle	Sixth novel by Kingsolver.
2011	Obreht, TéaTéa Obreht	The Tiger's Wife	Emma Donoghue, Room Aminatta Forna, The Memory of Love Emma Henderson, Grace Williams Says it Loud Nicole Krauss, Great House Kathleen Winter, Annabel	Debut novel by Obreht. At age 25 (at the time of the award) she was the youngest author to win to date.
2012	Miller, MadelineMadeline Miller	The Song of Achilles	Esi Edugyan, Half Blood Blues Anne Enright, The Forgotten Waltz Georgina Harding, Painter of Silence Cynthia Ozick, Foreign Bodies Ann Patchett, State of Wonder	Debut novel by Miller

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